The University of Arkansas Libraries' records are computerized on the InfoLinks library system. Holdings information can be accessed and searched from computers within the library, as well as from computers at homes, offices, or dorm rooms via modem or network connection. Other library catalogs, as well as general and specialized indexing and abstracting databases, can also be accessed through InfoLinks. Anyone with a University identification card may check out materials through the Libraries' convenient electronic check-out system. Loan periods are of varying lengths as defined by the circulation policies, which are available at the Circulation Desk.
The University of Arkansas Libraries maintain a membership in the AMIGOS Bibliographic Council. Through OCLC, the Libraries share cataloging and interlibrary loan information with hundreds of libraries all over the world.
The Special Collections Division in Mullins Library acquires and preserves material for research in the history, literature, and culture of Arkansas and surrounding regions. Through this division scholars have access to a rich assortment of books, pamphlets, periodicals, photographs, maps, and manuscript collections to support their work. Among the more than 10,000 linear feet of manuscript collections available are the papers of J. William Fulbright, Joe T. Robinson, Edward Durell Stone, Orval Faubus, Brooks Hays, John Gould Fletcher, Vance Randolph, William Grant Still, Jeff Davis, John Paul Hammerschmidt, Daisy Bates, Mary D. Hudgins, Alfred E. Smith, Ruth Polk Patterson, Elizabeth Huchaby, Virginia Tidball, and records of organizations such as the Arkansas Council on Human Relations, the Council of International Exchange of Scholars, Peace Links, and Southland College. In addition, the division maintains a special collection of books written by Arkansas authors, as well as a collection of the articles and books published by faculty members at the University. The division also houses the library's Rare Book Collection and other material. Department in Mullins Library assists library users in finding government information. The library is a depository for publications of the federal government and the state of Arkansas. In addition, the library archives selected documents from other states, foreign countries, the United Nations, and other international organizations. Information is available in print, microform, or electronic formats. The Audio Visual Department provides equipment for photocopying microforms and offers check-out of microfilm readers for personal use. When faculty members or graduate students need items that are not available in the University Libraries, the Interlibrary Loan Department provides the service of obtaining materials from other cooperating libraries.
The Reference Department assists users in locating and using library materials. Reference librarians are ready to help students use InfoLinks, the CD-ROM databases, and networked electronic resources. In addition, librarians offer orientation sessions, as well as lectures on research methods to various classes from all the colleges on campus. services, as well as information on carrel space, seminar rooms, reserve book policies, book and journal ordering procedures, or any other library matter, inquire at any public service desk or at the Director's Office in Mullins Library.
University Museum
The University Museum has been an integral part of the Fayetteville
academic community since 1873. It develops and maintains extensive
collections in archaeology, ethnography, geology, history, physical anthropology,
and zoology. The entirety is generally available for exhibition, research, education,
and/or loan. Many of the collections are more suitable as educational and
research tools rather than exhibition materials. Only a small fraction of the
collections is exhibited at any one time, but exhibitable collections not included
in the regular exhibits are used in traveling and other specialized exhibits to give
greater exposure of the collections, to provide variety and interest for viewers at
various locations in the community, and to enhance area educational programs.
The University Museum provides facilities and personnel support for specialization in anthropological museology within the M.A. degree program in anthropology. Appropriate Museum collections are assembled on request for University classes in the natural and social sciences, art, and classics. Museum specimens and their associated documentation are available for comparative and research purposes by University faculty, qualified students, and visiting scholars. Some Museum staff members have research or administrative responsibilities in their areas of specialization, teach in the museology program offered through the Department of Anthropology, or serve as guest lecturers in University courses.
The University Museum fulfills its public service and outreach mission with loans of collections to other institutions for exhibit, consultation services to other museums, conservation advice to the public, interpretive tours for visiting groups, discovery classes for students, field trips and workshops for adults, and public information services. The Museum Building houses exhibits, exhibit preparation shops, educational areas, and administrative offices. Registration and curatorial facilities are in Vol Walker Hall where all the study collections are kept. Research and special laboratories are located in University House.
Computing Facilites
The Department of Computing Services supports research, academic, and
administrative computing on the University of Arkansas campus. Computer
operations are staffed to provide access to the computing facilities twenty-
four hours a day, seven days a week. Computing Services houses a Hitachi
Data System (HDS) GX6210 and two IBM-T92E mainframe computers, a Sun
SparcCenter 2000 with eight CPUs, a Hewlett-Packard 9000/845 minicomputer,
public access computer laboratories, and computer network services.
Academic users have access to the mainframe systems under IBM's VM/ System control program for instructional and research applications. Interactive users access with IBM's Conversational Monitor System (CMS). IBM batch users submit jobs to MVS/ESA and VM/ESA systems. The Sun SparcCenter and the Hewlett-Packard systems have UNIX operating systems and associated system products. Labs are equipped with state-of-the-art Apple Macintosh and IBM PC clones with appropriate peripherals. A wide variety of program products are available to address student and research needs. A comprehensive multimedia facility is located in the Gibson Annex.
Computing Services is responsible for Administrative Information Systems (AIS) at the University. Comprehensive computer software systems are supported and information resources are maintained to address the management needs of the University. The HDS mainframe with IBMÕs MVS ESA operating system and Software AG database products is maintained to support AIS processing requirements. Peripherals include disk storage, tape systems, laser printing, and network facilities.
Computing users may access the academic and administrative mainframe systems, the Sun or Hewlett-Packard UNIX systems, and other computer systems through UARKnet, the campus computer network. Dialed access, network telecommunication processors, and terminals attached to computer systems on the network are used to access computer resources. Clusters of networked microcomputers are strategically located around campus for faculty and student use. Network connection of labs and offices allows distributed minicomputers and mainframes to be accessed. The University of Arkansas computer network is based upon Proteon's FDDI routers. Ethernet, token ring, and Apple Talk local area networks (LANs) attached to the high-speed Proteon backbone network are the principal components of the UARKnet communication system.
The Computing Services office, located in the Administrative Services Building (ADSB), has staff expertise to support a complete array of services for administrative and academic users. Computing Services maintains a twenty-four-hour work area equipped with networked equipment including IBM-compatible PC micros, Apple Macintoshes, and Sun microcomputers. Other user facilities located at Computing Services are graphics workstations and plotters and a reference library with documentation for all supported s oftware.
University Research
In addition to the extensive work performed by faculty through individual and team efforts in academic departments, special programs of research are conducted by the University divisions described below.
Agricultural Experiment Station
The Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, a statewide unit of the
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, conducts scientific
research on the dynamic environmental, economic, and social systems
involved in the production, processing, marketing, and utilization of food
and fiber.
The Experiment Station is one of the most comprehensive research organizations in Arkansas, with a faculty of approximately 200 doctorate-level scientists. It is an essential part of the research and technology infrastructure that supports Arkansas agriculture and the food and fiber sector, which together account for more than 25 percent of the state's economy.
Experiment Station research is conducted in agricultural and environmental sciences, marketing and economics, social issues affecting rural families, nutrition, microbiology, genetics, computer technology, molecular biology, and other dynamic scientific disciplines.
Many Experiment Station scientists are also on the teaching faculty of the College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences. The result is a wealth of opportunity for students to study and work with some of the nation's most respected scientists. Graduate students work on master's thesis and doctoral dissertation research projects as a part of a team of Ex-periment Station scientists in modern laboratories, greenhouses, and field research facilities.
Experiment Station research is closely coordinated with the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. Together, they comprise the statewide UA Division of Agriculture.
The mission of the Division of Agriculture, through the combined efforts of the Experiment Station and Extension Service, is to provide new knowledge to strengthen the state's food and fiber sector; assure a safe food supply; conserve natural resources and protect the environment; and assist in the economic and social development of communities, families, and individuals, particularly in the rural areas of the state.
Arkansas Archeological Survey
The Arkansas Archeological Survey is primarily a research organization
charged by the legislature with statewide responsibility for conserving and
investigating the state's archeological heritage, and with making information
on this rich heritage available to all. To this end it has an extensive publication
and public relations program. It has a staff of over 45 (approximately half of whom
are professional archeologists) and is recognized as one of the most effective
state-supported archeological research organizations in the country.
The Survey's Coordinating Office on the Fayetteville campus consists of the Director, the State Archeologist, computer services, editorial, campus graphics, and other support staff. There are also several research archeologists who carry out archeological investigations under contracts as required by law to protect the state's archeological resources. There is a Station Archeologist at each of nine research stations around the state, including the Fayetteville campus, who are available for graduate guidance. with the University's Department of Anthropology in training students. It cooperates with the State Historic Preservation Officer and other state agencies and trains and assists citizen groups interested in archeological conservation. The Arkansas Archeological Survey is a separate University- wide administrative unit with the Director responsible to the Board of Trustees through the President.
Arkansas Center For Technology Transfer
The Arkansas Center for Technology Transfer (ACTT), established by the
College of Engineering in 1984, coordinates technical efforts and forms
working partnerships with interested Arkansas industries statewide to
improve processes and help solve technical problems. (The mission of
ACCT is to increase the economic well-being of the citizens of Arkansas
by providing technical assistance and training to industries of the State.)
Its work is conducted by the specialized units described below. (ACCT is
one of the premiere technical assistance centers west of the Mississippi
River.)
The Center for Manufacturing Technology maintains a large variety of equipment and has the ability to provide direct problem-solving help to Arkansas industries having specific problems in their operations. The Center encourages manufacturing firms to use the labÕs resouces and equipment to simulate production problems to study possible solutions prior to investing capital. This option allows clients a truly unbiased, low-risk evaluation of technologies available.
The Industrial Training Laboratory specializes in the design and development of computer-based training programs. Computer Based Training (CBT) combines sound, still pictures, video, animation, and graphics in a variety of customized, interactive, instructional, and electronic performance support applications. The Lab serves as a forum for educational seminars on topics related to training and multimedia design, and as a showcase for emerging instructional technologies.
Engineering Extension Service provides short-term assistance to Arkansas businesses, industries, or local governments in seeking solutions to technical problems. Full-time professional engineers are available to help clients throughout the entire state.
Arkansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research
Unit
The Coop Unit is a cooperative venture among the U.S. National Biological
Survey, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and the University of Arkansas.
The Arkansas Unit was established in 1988 and is part of a network of
cooperative fish and wildlife research units that exist in 41 state land-grant
colleges across the United States. The purpose of the Coop Unit program is
to conduct applied and basic fish and wildlife research, to train graduate
students in research and management methods, and to participate in graduate
education and technical assistance. The three Unit leaders are federal
employees stationed at the University in order to obtain grants to fund and
oversee graduate student research.
Arkansas Household Research Panel
The Arkansas Household Research Panel (AHRP) is a continuing project
of the Department of Marketing and Transportation. AHRP consists of
several hundred Arkansas households that respond to quarterly
questionnaires.
The AHRP has been used for both academic, student, and business-related research. The Panel's funding comes from the professional fees that are generated.
Arkansas Water Resources Center
The Arkansas Water Resources Center, established by Public Law in
1964, utilizes scientific personnel and facilities of all campuses of the
University (and other Arkansas colleges and universities) in maintaining
a water resources research program. The Center supports specific
research projects throughout the State which often provide research
training opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students and also
disseminates information on water resources.
Federal, state, municipal, educational, and other public groups concerned with water resources also participate in the program of the Center.
Bessie Boehm Moore Center for Economic Education
The Bessie Boehm Moore Center for Economic Education, established
in 1978, promotes an understanding of the American economy among the
people of Arkansas. Its major efforts are directed to elementary and
secondary school children. The center's faculty and staff hold workshops
and seminars for public school teachers, conduct research in economic
education, develop instructional materials, maintain a lending library, and
sponsor adult economic educational programs for business, labor, industry,
and the general community. The Center has been officially certified by the
Arkansas Council on Economic Education and National Council on Economic
Education.
The Biomass Research Center
The Biomass Research Center currently houses the Food Safety
Laboratory which includes the Hybridoma Laboratory, the Water
Quality Laboratory, the Agricultural Research Services Laboratory,
and one of the entrepreneurial clients of Genesis, the Northwest
Arkansas Business Incubator.
The Bureau of Business and Economic Research
The Bureau of Business and Economic Research is both a student-faculty
research center and a public service unit. An integral part of the College
of Business Administration, the Bureau promotes research of business and
economic conditions in Arkansas and responds to daily requests for state
economic and demographic data.
Arrangements through the Bureau enable faculty and students to conduct research in their fields of interest. Additionally, the Bureau works on projects with state agencies such as the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration to solve problems and address issues of Arkansas' business and economy.
The Bureau publishes the Arkansas Business and Economic Review, which is dedicated to providing information about Arkansas' business and economic environment. The Review covers state, regional, and national business and economic issues. It includes state and regional economic indices relating to personal income, industrial output, employment, population, and other factors.
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